Special Weather Statement issued October 12 at 1:30PM MDT by NWS Riverton WY
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Rounds of precipitation are expected to move across portions of WY starting Monday afternoon through Tuesday evening. Colder temperatures should support wet snowfall across the higher elevations mainly above 9,000 ft. * WHAT...Periods of light to moderate wet snowfall with total snow accumulations of a coating to 3 inches. The highest elevations above 10,000 ft may see accumulations of 3 to 6 inches. * WHERE...Elevations mainly above 9,000 ft across the Teton, Gros Ventre, and Absaroka Ranges. * WHEN...Monday afternoon through Tuesday evening. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel may be difficult in the backcountry and especially at higher elevations. Plan accordingly if headed into the backcountry for any outdoor activities. For graphical depictions of the snowfall forecast, including the official NWS forecast, high end amounts, and low end amounts, visit https://weather.gov/riw/winter.
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- WY, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Absaroka Mountains; Teton and Gros Ventre Mountains; Salt River and Wyoming Ranges
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-12T13:30:00-06:00
- states
- ["WY"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-12T13:30:00-06:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.751ab9d5f7d32491fe340c186162da21325d8bb3.001.1
- references
- []
- message type
- Alert
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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